[Premium-Rx] eBay question

[John Barnwell]

I see them all the time, and yes they are very annoying. He used to put all the crap about no bids, only direct payment, etc in the item description. Apparently he was getting caught, so he has come up with this idea to put his BS in one of the photos. Same thief, same MO. Ebay is really lousy at catching these things. I grew weary of reporting them.

Someone new to eBay might fall for this, but I don’t think a seasoned buyer would take the bait.

John/KE7TPA

> On Mar 13, 2021, at 6:43 PM, spencer bahner via Premium-Rx <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> All,
> I assume others on this list have noticed the postings on eBay for nice R&S receivers and the like where the seller says you can “only use a buy-it-now” and then lists their email address as the only way to purchase the item. A good example would be R&S PR100 receivers. I watch for certain premium receivers and these listings pop up at least weekly. The postings say don’t bid on the items. 
> 
> So I usually bid on them. At least a few bucks. I also almost always report the listing to eBay as “being an offer to buy or sell outside of eBay”. I do this because these bogus listings are irritating, seem likely to be an attempt to rip off buyers (the stuff listed is always high end and the postings are copies of other legitimate sold items) and I’d like the eBay algorithms to catch these as they get posted. Which they don’t seem to since they use hijacked accounts and show the buy it now info and email within a photo rather than in the text of the posting. 
> 
> Anyway, do others notice these? Does it bug you at all? And do you take any action? Just curious. 
> 
> Spencer K7SLB
> 
> 
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